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Board member raises concerns after routes show students could face more than hour-long bus rides
Summary
Board members flagged multiple 2025-26 bus routes with one-way ride times exceeding Pennsylvania’s 60‑minute guideline, including at least one route listed at 1 hour 17 minutes and potential transfers that could put a student on buses for more than two hours; the transportation director said the district follows Pennsylvania code and will review specific routes.
A board member warned that several proposed 2025‑26 bus routes could require students to spend unusually long periods on buses, prompting the Franklin Area School District to promise a closer review.
“Those bus routes seem a little bit of a detail — I actually saw that there’s five bus routes over an hour,” a board member said, noting one morning route listed at 1 hour 17 minutes and at least 20 routes longer than 45 minutes. The board member added that a student picked up…
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